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Let us help you out. Justice Black did no such thing. There is no definition of a Natural Born Citizen as requiring two US citizen parents. No court ruling. No legal citation. Nothing at all.
the age of his mother had nothing to do with his british citizenship.
I read an article a while back about this, and the age was relevant according to US statues in effect at the time having to do with citizenship.
In any case, his father was subject to the laws of the UK, which make Obama a dual citizen and that bars "natural born citizen" status. It was the intent that nobody would become Presidient who was not strictly loyal or obliged only to the US.
In any case, his father was subject to the laws of the UK, which make Obama a dual citizen and that bars "natural born citizen" status. It was the intent that nobody would become Presidient who was not strictly loyal or obliged only to the US.
Well, I read Justice Black's concurring opinion in Duncan v. Louisiana, a case I've read several times. I must admit I was a bit puzzled why you'd cite this case, because it's all about whether a defendant in a state criminal case is entitled to a jury trial. Black's concurrence has nothing to do with natural born citizenship. If I missed something in his opinion (or anywhere else in that case) please let me know.
Additionally, your argument that another country could pass a law that would bar natural born citizenship is one that would be one of the worst invasions of our sovereignty in our history. Are you really saying that because the UK passed a law concerning who they consider citizens, the effect of that law prevents us from considering somebody as eligible for the presidency?
Under the logic of your argument, Americans with grandfather and great-grandfathers from Italy are barred, since Italy consider those people to be Italian citizens. Under the logic of your argument, no Jews in the US are eligible, since Israel offers citizenship to all Jews in the world. Under the logic of your argument, if Kim Jong Il decreed that from now on, anybody born in the US is a North Korean citizen, then anybody born in the US would be barred from natural born citizen status.
You sure you don't want to rethink your argument before you put it out there that every country in the world has a veto over who we consider eligible for the presidency and vice presidency?
i've seen a few excerpts thrown out during the birther debates but nothing that would affect US citizenship for someone born in the US.
Once again, it is US Citizenship that matters, but Natural Born Citizenship.
This is not really that hard to understand, but you have to want to understand it first. In other words, if you are not interested in the truth, you won't find it.
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